A comprehensive analysis of diverse areas of scholarly research on U.S. environmental policy and politics, this Handbook looks at the key ideas, theoretical frameworks, empirical findings and methodological approaches to the topic. Leading environmental policy scholars emphasize areas of emerging research and opportunities for future enquiry.

Contents: 1 Introduction: U.S. environmental policy research in uncertain times 1 David M. Konisky PART I POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS 2 Power, partisanship, and contingency: the president and U.S. environmental policy 11 Christopher McGrory Klyza 3 How the study of Congress and the environment can help us understand vexing problems of representation 25 Sarah E. Anderson (with Meghan Cook) 4 The Environmental Protection Agency: policy and administration in a turbulent setting 39 Brian J. Cook 5 U.S. natural resource agencies, management and policies 53 Edward P. Weber 6 American courts and U.S. environmental policy 67 Andrew Osorio and Rosemary O’Leary 7 Federalism and the states 79 Neal D. Woods 8 Local environmental policy in the United States 93 Sara Hughes PART II POLITICS AND BEHAVIOR 9 Issue framing and agenda setting 108 Sarah Pralle 10 Elections and parties in environmental politics 126 Parrish Bergquist and Christopher Warshaw 11 Interest groups in environmental policy: navigating rocky political terrain 142 Melissa K. Merry 12 Public opinion and the environment: an evolving literature 156 James W. Stoutenborough 13 Promises and challenges of citizen engagement in risk and environmental decision making 170 Seth Tuler and Thomas Webler PART III POLICY TOOLS AND STRATEGIES 14 The contested politics of environmental rulemaking 187 Colin Provost and Brian J. Gerber 15 Pricing pollution through market-based instruments 202 Joseph E. Aldy 16 Regulating by performance, not prescription: the use of performance standards in environmental policy 217 Daniel J. Fiorino and Manjyot Ahluwalia 17 Information provision 231 Jay P. Shimshack 18 Calling all volunteers: industry self-regulation on the environment 243 Lily Hsueh 19 Collaborative governance: from simple partnerships to complex systems 257 Meghan Klasic and Mark Lubell PART IV CLIMATE CHANGE 20 The dynamics of federal climate policy conflict 275 Matto Mildenberger 21 States of crisis: subnational inaction on climate change in the United States 289 Leah C. Stokes and Hanna L. Breetz 22 To engage, or not to engage? U.S. foreign policy on climate and clean energy 302 Jonas Meckling and Thijs Van de Graaf 23 Advocacy, social movements, and climate change 315 Andrew Cheon 24 Denialism: organized opposition to climate change action in the United States 328 Robert J. Brulle 25 Communication for a sustainable climate 342 Connie Roser-Renouf, Edward Maibach, and Anthony Leiserowitz 26 The unexplored politics of climate change adaptation 357 Debra Javeline and Sophia N. Chau 27 Geoengineering: imperfect yet perhaps important options for addressing climate change 373 Albert Lin PART V IDEAS AND CHALLENGES 28 Political theory and environmental ethics 390 Peter F. Cannavò 29 Deliberative democracy and the environment: flipping the script to think locally and act globally? 405 Walter F. Baber 30 Environmental justice 420 Kerry Ard and Matthew Dowiatt 31 A just U.S. energy transition 434 Sanya Carley and Michelle Graff 32 Letting the fox guard the hen house? Corporate social responsibility and environmental governance 448 Daniel C. Matisoff 33 Sustainability and public policy 463 Kent E. Portney Index 477